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Surety for a sailor serving on a voyage TM 19923Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)708 - 709

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Fragmentary Coptic surety document from Aphrodito, dated to the eighth indiction (AD 708-709), in which a guarantor addressed to a high official vouches that a sailor from his village will complete his voyage without turning back, under penalty. It ends with the guarantor's consent, several witness statements and the notary's subscription.

In English machine translation

[...] [...] the man of my village (epoikion), that he may go [...] [...] eighth indiction, that he may draw (?) his voyage (taxeidion) up [...] [...] [the second] time, that he shall not turn back until he draws (?) [...] [...] turn back, that we may draw (?) under every penalty [...] counsellor (symboulos) will set it upon me [...] through your Gloriousness, my lord. I have drawn up this surety document [...] taking the risk towards you with all my property [...] [God] the Almighty and the welfare of the rulers [...] according as I wrote first. It was read to me (?), I agreed. † [...] 1 sailor [...] I consent to this surety agreement to its full force [...] of the humble one, that he may draw (?) his voyage up [without] turning back, that I may draw (?) under penalty [...] will set it upon us † [...] I bear witness [...] to its full force † [...] to this surety to its full force † [...] [...] I bear witness to this surety to its full force † [...] I bear witness to this surety to its full force † [...] with God, notary † † †

Belongs to the Aphrodito archive of the early Arab period, when villages had to supply sailors for the governor's fleet; the 'voyage' (taxeidion) likely refers to such naval service. The Coptic verb rendered 'draw' (sōk) is uncertain here and may mean to go or proceed.

Working translation of the DDbDP edition, made with Claude Opus 5.5 from the edition and the catalogue records shown below. It has not been reviewed by a papyrologist: check the edition before citing. Restorations follow the edition; […] marks lost text and (?) an uncertain reading.

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Papyri.info — DDbDP (Duke Databank of Documentary Papyri) — text · 708 - 709 · Aphrodites Kome (Antaiopolites)

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